6 Amendments of Iskra MIHAYLOVA related to 2016/2047(BUD)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines the importance of mainstreaming biodiversity protection in the development, implementation and funding of all Union policies and considers transparency of Member States´ spending on nature protection and biodiversity conservation to be equally important for the consistency and coherence of Union expenditure; calls on the Commission to develop a tracking methodology for biodiversity related spending across the Union budget;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the COP21 aParis Agreement reached in Paris in 2015; recalls that, underconcluded in December 2015 and underlines that the Union budget must support the fulfilment of the objectives of that aAgreement, and the Union funding needs to be allocated to support climate action; stresses that any funding for measures originating from COP21 should be in addition to the current fu's long- term climate goals; recalls that the Paris Agreement requires that finance flows be made consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development; stresses the commitment by developed countries to mobilise climate finance to developing countries from public and private sources and underlines the need to scale up predictable, new ands allocated to climate actions and calls on the Commission to present its implementation strategy and first evaluation of the possible impact of the COP 21 additional climate finance in line with that Agreement; calls on the Commission to undertake a full evaluation of the consequences of the Paris Agreement onfor the Union budget in due time to allow it to be considered for revision, and to develop a dedicated, automatic Union finance mechanism, providing additional and adequate support towards the Union’s fair share in delivering the USD 100 billion international climate finance goal;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that around one third of the annual EU budget is targeted at economic, social and territorial cohesion; underlines that cohesion policy is the Union’s main investment policy and a tool for reducing disparities between all EU regions, and that it plays an important role in the delivery of the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth; points out that better consistency, synergy and complementarities must be ensured between ESI Funds, the EFSI and the other Union-funded and national programmes in order to attain the Europe 2020 strategy goals and boost investments;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes with concern that heading 1b (economic, social and territorial cohesion) of the 2017 draft budget foresees a huge drop in payment appropriations (EUR 37.3 billion representing a 23,5 % reduction compared to 2016); at the same time commitments amount to EUR 53,6 billion, (a 5,4 % increase compared to 2016); is of the opinion that the payments proposed are not sufficient to cope with the level of payments needed under this heading; , therefore, this endangers the full implementation of the programmes and might undermine the citizens' trust in Union policies;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4a (new)
Paragraph 4a (new)
4a. Stresses that, in the context of new increasing challenges, the Commission should work with Member States in a more effective way at their request for programmes’ modifications in order to ensure better coordination among the ESI Funds to address the unexpected challenges;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4b (new)
Paragraph 4b (new)
4b. Urges the Commission and Member States to carry out on-going evaluations of the operational programmes in implementation and in case of non-efficiency, the latter to be modified as to be directed to more effective and efficient management of the ESI Funds with view to achieve the envisaged objectives;